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Colin Allred: “In our history, we've had twelve black senators.”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 09:49

And so can you just sort of talk about the significance of you possibly winning and making history in that way? Yeah, I think In our history, we've had twelve black senators. I think there's a very good chance that we could certainly add, I think, three more in this election cycle. (09:49–09:53)

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